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VIDEO: Al-Majid update [comment]
October 29, 2007 by Andrew Wood
Giovanni Di Stefano disputes recent comments by Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon suggesting that the Iraqi High Tribunal has overriding authority to execute al-Majid and others for war crimes regardless of any objection from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani....... [more]
Iraqi prosecutor defends death sentence for Saddam-era defense minister
October 27, 2007 by Nick Fiske
Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam Hussein-era defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Tai Friday, saying that al-Tai personally oversaw the deaths of 180,000 people during brutal military campaigns against Iraq's Kurds in late 1980's and that his u....... [more]
Iraqi genocide trial continues with video of violence against Kurds
February 11, 2007 by Caitlin Price
Prosecutors in the ongoing genocide trial of Saddam-era officials before the Iraqi High Tribunal introduced a videotape Sunday of executions and destruction of Kurdish homes during the Anfal campaigns of the 1980s, which claimed an estimated 180,000 Kurdish lives. Chief prosecutor Munqit....... [more]
Saddam cousin makes immunity claim in genocide trial
January 29, 2007 by JURIST Staff
Ali Hassan al-Majid, the cousin of Saddam Hussein also known to the Western media as Chemical Ali, insisted before the Iraqi High Tribunal Monday that he should not be forced to stand trial because he has the same kind of immunity from Iraqi legal process afforded to US troops. Al-Majid....... [more]
Iraqi prosecutor says he threatened to halt Saddam execution after jeers
January 2, 2007 by Leslie Schulman
A top Iraqi legal official whose presence at the Saddam execution was required by law told Reuters Tuesday that he threatened to walk out of the execution after Shiite supporters began jeering the ousted leader. Munkith al-Faroon said that hecklers began chanting support for militant Shiite cleric.... [more]
Saddam genocide trial prosecutor says tapes prove guilt for gas attacks
November 26, 2006 by Caitlin Price
The chief prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial said Sunday that audio tapes and documentation proving that Hussein personally ordered the 1988 gassing of Kurdish villagers will be submitted to the court hearing his case. Munqith al-Faroon told Reuters that he possesses tapes of meeting....... [more]
Saddam prosecutor's brother assassinated
October 16, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
The brother of a prosecutor assigned to the second Saddam Hussein trial was assassinated Monday morning in front of his house in West Baghdad. Imad al-Faroon was pronounced dead immediately after the shooting, which his wife witnessed. His brother, Muqith al-Faroon, is a chief prosecutor in the.... [more]
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